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(No Model.) S.H. SGHMUCK.

REGLINING CHAIR. No. 880,525. Patented Apr. 3, 1888.-

UNITED STATES PATENT rrrcn.

SOLOMON H. SCHMUGK, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO, ASSIGNOR OF ONEHALF TO C. F. HUNGER, OF SAME PLACE.

RECLlNlNG-CHAIR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 380,525, dated April 3, 1888.

Application filed October 27, 1886.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SOLOMON H. SOHMUOK, of Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Reclining-Chairs; and 1 do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in redining-chairs; and it consists in certain features of construction and in combinations of parts, hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure lis a view in side elevation of a chair constructed according to my invention. Fig. 2 is an enlarged view, partlyin section, of the arm-post and arm and brace, showing their relative arrangement. Figs. 3 and 4 are enlarged views of some of the parts of my chair.

A represents the chair proper, to the frame of which is pivoted, on either side, the back B, as shown at b, and on either side is pivoted an arm-post, C, as shown at c. The arm of the chair D is pivoted at d to the back B, and at d to the arm-post G. Pivoted to the arm-post 0, preferably at e, and extending between said arm-post and the arm D, is an adjustable brace, E. This brace E is provided, preferably at its upper end, with a suitable pawl, f, which pawl may be formed as shown in Figs. 3 or 4, or in any other equivalent shape.

Secured in a recess on the under side of the arm D is a ratchet-bar or rack, F. I prefer to form this ratchet-bar or rack as shown in Fig. 3, having an elongated slot or opening through which the upper end of the brace E passes, the teeth being thus on either side of the opening, and the pawls, in the shape of pins on either side of the brace, as shown in Fig. 3, engaging both sides of the plate F, assist in holding the arm-rest firmer in position, and also prevent any lateral or wabbling motion of the brace.

If desired, the form of pawl shown in Fig. i may be substituted for the one shown in Fig. 3, in which case it is to be pivotally secured to the upper end of the brace E and provided 50 with teeth registering with the teeth of the Serial No. 217,331. (No model.)

rack F on both sides of the slots. I prefer to form an extension, in the shape of a short handlever, g, on the upper end of the brace E, which extends forward along under the arm D in such position as to be grasped by the fingers when the hand is resting on the arm I). By pressing against the under side of the hand-lever g the pawl at the upper end of the brace E is disengaged from the rack F and the chair is tilted back or brought forward, as may be desired. By releasing the hand-lever the pawl again engages with the teeth of the rack and thus holds the chair in position.

I have shown a small spring, h, located so as to bear down on the brace E and force the 6 pawlf into engagement with the teeth of the rack F; but, if desired, this may be dispensed with and gravity alone depended upon.

I am aware that it is old to pivotally secure braces to the opposite sides of the arm-post of a reclining-chair, the said braces being con nected at their upper ends by pins or bolts adapted to engage teeth formed in bars or plates, which latter are covered by and support the arm-rests. Also, that it is old to provide the arm-rest with a laterallyprojectiug pin adapted to engage the teeth formed on the upper end of a brace pivoted to the arm-post, and hence I make no claim to such construction. In my device the arm-rest, arm-posts, and the side posts of the back B are made of wood, the arm-rests pivotally connecting the upper ends of the arm-posts with the side posts of the back, and the serrated or toothed plates, which engage and lock the upper ends of the braces, are secured directly to the under side of the wooden arm-rests. Again, by enlploying a horizontal plate having central slot with serrations or teeth on opposite sides of the slot, and providing the brace with a pin or projections to engage the teeth on opposite sides of the slot, the brace is rigidly supported in position and is prevented from moving laterally in either direction and prevents the armrest from tilting.

Y-Vhat I claim is- In a reclining-chair, the combination, with a pivoted back and arm-rest and arm-post, said arm-rest being provided on its lower face with a recess, and a plate secured within said 100 In testimony whereof I sign this specifiation, in the presence of two witnesses, this 7th day of September, 1886.

recess and provided with a centrally-located slot and with teeth on its upper face on opposite sides of the s1ot,- of a brace pivoted at one end to the arm-post and provided at its SOLOMON H. SGHMUOK. opposite end with a laterally-projecting pawl \Vitnesses: adapted to engage the teeth of the slotted W. E. DONNELLY,

plate, substantially as set forth. CHAS. H. DORER. 

